Grader, egg
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0267.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DOUGLAS, BROWN & CAMPBELL LTD.
- MODEL
- A
- LOCATION
- Melbourne, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 943
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME, CASINGS, PARTS/ RUBBER PADDING & PARTS/ WOOD PARTS/ CARDBOARD EGG CARTON.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 97.0 cm
- Width
- 87.0 cm
- Height
- 123.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Poultry equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- DOUGLAS
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Melbourne
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1939-1974
- Canada
-
AN EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED IN A LOCAL EGG GRADING STATION. - Function
-
USED TO SORT & GRADE EGGS BY SIZE. EGGS PLACED ON THE GRADER'S TILTED LEDGE ROLLED ONE AT A TIME ONTO A RECIPROCATING ARM THAT ADVANCED THE EGG ALONG UNTIL ITS WEIGHT DEPRESSED A LEVER, ROLLING THE EGG ONTO A PARTITIONED AREA FOR BOXING. - Technical
-
A MECHANICALLY MORE ADVANCED METHOD OF GRADING EGGS THAN THE PRECEDING HAND GRADING METHOD. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING: "DOUGLAS, BROWN & CAMPBELL/ LIMITED/ MELBOURNE,ONT. CANADA/ MANUFACTURER OF/ EQUIPMENT FOR THE EGG & POULTRY TRADE/ MODEL A SERIAL 943", WITH PATENT NOS./ PLATE & DECAL ON SWITCH READING: "LONDON ETCO CANADA/ Taylor/ ELECTRIC/ MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED" & "ENCLOSED SWITCH/ CAT. NO. 1123SN/ AMPS. 30 POLES 2SN/ VOLTS 115 A.C. H.P. 3/4"/ PLATE ON MOTOR READING: "GENERAL ELECTRIC/ A.C. MOTOR/ MODEL 11F 343B TYPE KH/ FR 15 A 4.5 V 110/ CY 60 RPM 1725 PH 1 HP 1/4/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD. TORONTO CANADA"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- FRAME PAINTED DARK GREEN WITH BLACK PAINTED MOTOR CASING & PARTS/ GREY PAINTED SWITCH BOX/ BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER/ ORANGE & GREEN SYNTHETIC GUIDES/ METALLIC PARTS/ UNFINISHED WOOD
- Decoration
- N/A
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DOUGLAS, BROWN & CAMPBELL LTD., Grader, egg, circa 1939, Artifact no. 1988.0267, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0267.001/
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